A Nooksack story from 1956, How to become an Indian doctor
George Adams, Brent Galloway, Catalina Renteria
Nooksack Tribe, First Nations University, Nooksack Tribe
This is a story told by Sindick Jimmy in 1956 in
Lhechelesem, the original language of the Nooksack tribe. It is
presented here for the first time, with each sentence transcribed
in the IPA (with corrections and morpheme boundaries), in the
Nooksack practical orthography (similar to that used for Upriver
Halkomelem), with morpheme-by-morpheme analysis, word-byword translation, word-by-word syntactic categories, and fluent
translations. Footnotes provide comments either from or about
Pamela Amoss's original notes and comments on our
interpretations, retranscriptions, reanalyses, or retranslations.
This is only the second story published in the language.
This is our second story, transcribed, analyzed and corrected in 2004,
thanks to a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of
Canada through First Nations University of Canada and thanks to the Nooksack
tribe for their continued funding of Adams and Renteria. Thanks also to two
earlier grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and an earlier
one from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
which allowed computer entry of copies of all the extant linguistic field notes on
Nooksack by researchers, Paul Fetzer, Pamela Amoss, Laurence C. Thompson,
Barbara Efrat, and Brent Galloway. The volume offield notes by Pamela
Amoss from which this story comes was entered with footnotes by the late Mary
Wilde, one of the research assistants who did all the data entry and a good deal
of manuscript analysis.
This story is much more ambitious than the previous story of 28
sentences. This story, told by Sindick Jimmy in 1956 to Pamela Amoss is
entitled "Sxwmi7am" and is 96 sentences long (longer if each sentence we've
analyzed with semicolons is broken into several sentences, which may be
appropriate). Unlike the previous story, we were able to find a tape of the first
part of the story, now copied onto CD for the tribe, as well as Pamela Thorsen
Amoss's field note transcriptions (as in our last story) with her emendations and
analysis while she went through the taped story with Sindick and got the wordfor-word and fluent translations. There are gaps in the interlinear she provides
and, of course, since this is one of the first stories she got, there are some
mistakes in transcription, analysis, and gloss.
The morpheme-by-morpheme glosses and segmentation are totally ours
(mostly Galloway'S), as are the word-for-word syntactic category analysis. The
three co-authors transcribed the first 20 to 30 lines together, then George Adams
transcribed all the rest of the story by himself. Galloway and Adams exchanged
refmements bye-mail attachments and Renteria provided refinements to Adams
on site at the Nooksack Tribal Library, which now houses their collection of
papers, articles, and CDs on the language, as well as dictionaries of and
grammars and articles on related Central Salish languages like Lushootseed,
Halq'emeylem, and Straits.
Adams has continued to study the language and transcribe vocabulary
on an almost daily basis, and now corresponds with Galloway bye-mail in the
Nooksack language (Galloway struggles to keep up). We have applied for a
three-year grant to continue this work and complete a classified word list,
grammar, and lessons, but have not heard about funding as of this writing. Our
plan is to scan the English glosses from the Upriver Halq' emeylem Classified
Word List by Galloway et aI, put it in a Word file and keep in on a Yahoo site
that we all will have access to to add to it from both Canada and the U.S. as we
continue to make transcriptions.
A great deal can be learned from this story, both about how to become
an Indian doctor and about the Lhechelesem language. The story is lengthy
enough to show many examples of relative clauses, subjunctive phrases,
anaphora, topic tracking, and story and ethnographic narrative construction.
There is an interesting (and sometimes difficult) interweave of narrative-and
flashbacks to visions. We think we have solved most of the puzzles about this in
this story, but a few still remain.
A good way to approach this as a reader is to read the English fluent
translation first, then delve into the Lhechelesem. The IP A is phonetic rather'
than phonemicized but the orthography is largely phonemic. The Lhechelesem
phonemes are: /p, t, (k), kW
, q, qW, 7, p', t', k'W, q', q'W, c, c, (8'), c', c', ~', (8), s,
ii, (xY), i, xW
, ~, ~w, h, m, n, y, 1, w, i, re, a, u, 0, (a),' (stress)/. Ssymbols in
parentheses are found here only in Nooksack spoken with a slight Upriver
Halkomelem accent. Our theory as to why Sindick spoke this way in 1956 was
that he mainly spoke Lhechelesem with George Swanaset at that time, who had
an Upriver Halkomelem accent. Sindick's wife was also a fluent speaker of
Upriver Halkomelem, Susan (Malloway) Jimmy, as was his daughter Maria
(Jimmy) Villanueva. However, soon after 1956 George Swanaset died and we
think Sindick, gradually through his work with linguists, through learning more
Upriver Halkomelem, and from his own reflection, gradually replaced some of
the Upriver Halkomelemized forms with the more regular Lhechelesem forms he
arrived at in later recordings, which match regular sound correspondences better.
The following page has a table of abbreviations used in the morphemeby-morpheme analysis we present.
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Abbreviations used in Morpheme-by-Morpheme Analyis of
Lhechelesem (Nooksack)
- grammatical affix
= derivational affix
I = first person
2 = second person
3 = third person
s = singular
p=plural
n = nominalizer
sb = subject
ob = object
sjv = subunctive
sd = subordinate subject
poss = possessive pronoun
eposs = emphatic independent
possessive pronoun
nip = nominal independent
pronoun
vip = verbal independent pronoun
obp = object of preposition,
independent pronoun
control transitivizers:
mt = (=noxw) 'happen to, manage
to accidentally do to s-o/s-th'
cz = (=txw) 'cause/make s-o do
s-th'
pt = (=(VI)t) 'purposely,
intentionally do to s-o/s-th'
bt = (=shit) 'benefactive,
malefactive, do for s-o,
do t%n s-o'
iat = (=nit) 'do indirectly affecting
s-o/s-th'
pct = (=(V I)n) 'purposely do to
s-o/s-th + completive'
aop = (=exy)(borrowed from
Upriver Halkomelem) 'do to
(preferably) animate object'
it = intransitive
pass = passive voice
mid = middle voice
dem = demonstrative
prep = preposition
adv = adverb
aux = auxiliary
conj = conjunction
Vi = intransitive verb
Vt = transitive verb
Asp = aspect affix
ctv = continuative
st = stative
res = resultative
dur = durative
in = inceptive
dispos = dispositional
m=male
f= female
pv = present and visible
nn = nearby not visible
rem = remote, distant _
past = past tense/past deriv. affix
fut = future tense
rt = root
if= infix
der = derivational affix
indef = indefinite
s-t = sometimes
s-th = something
s-o = someone
dim = diminutive
irog = interrogative
dstb = distributive, all around
dsj = disjunctive, but, or, either, on
the other hand
sa = do as a structured activity
nsd = nominalizes subordinate
clause following
anp = animate plural
refl = reflexive
reI = relative pronoun
dirob = direct object
indirob = indirect object
[- -] inflectional infix (in IPA lines)
[= =] derivational infix (lPA lines)
',j',
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Sxwmi7am
"Indian Doctors"
From PTA:SJ Fieldnotes Book 2, 11120/56; re-transcribed: GA:BG:CR 5/20/04114/05, morpheme segmentation & glosses added May 2005.
1.Lhiya snichichims/
snichim lhiq'olholh
ay
i=iyre s-ni[=Ci=]cim-s s-niCim iiq'=oi-oi
rey
pv=dem n-rt=ifder-poss nrnz-tell s-t=past-past
ctv
this his story
history used to
ctv.
Dem N
N
Adv
Asp
This is his story (or) history my late grandfather used to
snichichim[ t]s
s=ni [=ci=]cim-c
der=rt=ifder-l sob
tell me
Vt
tell me.
ten
t-an
pv-lsposs
the male my
PossPron
sila70lh.
sil're-?oi
grandfather-past
late-grandfather
N
2.[slhiya]
sWQ7weios
lheq'olh ay
chsatem
wanil
csre=t-aml wEn=il
s=i=iyre
sw[Aa]?walo§ iaq'=oi -rey
rt-ifp (a-ablaut) s-t=past ctv
send=pt-pass rt=in
p=pv=dem
young men
used to ctv.
sent out
get up
these
Adv
Asp
Vt
Vi
Dem
N
These young men used to have to get up and be sent out
rna
o~w
rna o~w
dem-nsd rt
go
and
to go
Conj
Aux Aux
to go and bathe.
tl'os
~'o-s
sho:kw'em
so·k'w-am
rt-mid
bathe.
Vi
3.Tl'os mas
o:m7a7 chsatem
swanils.
~'o-s mre-s 2 ?o·m're? csre=t-am
s-wan=il-§
Dem-nsd ct-sd3 rt
rt=pt-pass
n-rt=in-sd3
so then it
is early they are sent out to get up they
Conj Aux
Adv
Vt
Vi
So then it was early they were sent to get up.
1. PTA: "[c] transcribed but it sounds like two consonants, tS"
2. PTA: "A'os mas" inserted here
**throughout shows GA's corrections (which bg & cr agree with unless noted).
4.TI'os mas
~'o-s mre-s
o~w
o~w
shokw'em te
sok'w-am ta
4
sWQwelos,
s=w[a]walo§
tl'os
~'o-s
mas
mre-s
dem-nsd rt-sd3
And they
Conj Aux
And the young
rt
rt=mid
pv
go
bathe
the
Aux
Vt
Art
men go out and bathe, and
n=rt-ifp
young men
N
they
dem-nsd rt-sd3
and they
Conj
Aux
kwi ts'iliwnitem
lheq'
malh
7al7aliynitas
kw
starnes;
CD: kW=i c' i~ w=nit-am ~'o-s
mre
7£1-7tliy=nit-res k W s=trem=as
PA: kWi c'i~Wnitam
taq' mre-t 2
7tliynitres
kW~
stremas
rem=p rt=iat-pass
s-t
rt-past p-rt=iat-sb3
rt n=irog=indef
they be pitied
used to he dreams about it repeatedly
something
Art
Vt
Adv
Aux
Vt
Art
N
those that are pitied, then he used to dream repeatedly about something,
temixw welhtach lhiya temixw;
lhiya te
noxway7em7.
t=iyre ta
tamix w wat=trec t=iyre tamix w
nox w=rey7=am7
ps=dem pv
rt
eposs=3 pv=dem rt
always=good=strength
the
earth
belongs to this earth
this
powerful
N
Dem Art
PossPron Dem N
Vi
that it belongs to this earth, that is on this earth, which is powerful.
5. TI 'os mas
lheq' s o~w
chsatem
ti
~ 'o-s mre-s 3
taq' -s o~ W
csre=t-am
t=i
dem-nsd rt-sd3 s-t-sd3 rt
rt=pt-pass
pv=p
that is it comes s-t they go
get sent out the(plural)
Vt
Art
Conj Aux
Adv
Aux
That is why sometimes the young men get sent out
sWQwelos
s=w[a]walos
n=rt-ifp
young men
N
haw7kwa7il
kw mekw'stams
kwa sh6kw'em tl'os mas
kWre sok'w-am ~'o-s mre-s
h=aw7k wre=il7
k W mak'w s=trem=s
conj rt-mid dem-nsd rt-sd3 der=neg=in
rem rt
n=irog=der
bathe
to
then so it
is none/gone
the all
thing
Conj Aux
Vi
Conj Vi
Art Adj N
to bathe so everything (B.O. human odor) will be gone from
tematl'o
ta=mre=~'o
rt
pv=aux=dem
of/from/on
that
Prep
DemPron
from that young man (his body).
swi7welos ..
s=wi7walos
n=rt
youngman
N
3. "~'os mres" written above "~'o' it" as SJ's correction of what was on tape.
6.Ilh
it
rt
kw nech' 0 skwayal
tl 'os
mas
mre-s
k W naC'o s=kWrey(=)£1 ~ 'o-s
rem rt
n=rt(=in)
dem-nsd rt-sd3
5
0liw imashnitas
o~ W imres=nit-as
rt
Rt=iat-sb3
there will be the one
day
then
he'll
Aux Tns
Art Num N
Conj
Aux
There will be one day then he will go out and walk for it
slhiyas
swa7alt;
s=i=iyre-s
s=wre 7relt
p=pv=dem-sd3 n=rt
these
woods;
Dem
N
(in) these woods; he walks.
7.TI'os mas
o~w
Ii. ,o-s mre-s o~ W
dem-nsd rt-sd3 rt
then he'll
go
Conj Aux
Aux
Then he'll go nearlhe's
go out walk for it
Aux
Vt
imash.
im=res
step=upright
he walks
Vi
tis
te
nech'o
tis
ta
nae' 0
rt
pv
rt
near
a
one/certain
Vi
Art
Num
going to come to a certain lake.
xoch'07.
~ae07
rt
lake
N
q'elem.
8.Tl'os mas
ilh
kws
ay
kW-s
rey
q'al-am
-Ii. ' o-s mre-s ii
dem-nsd rt-sd3 rt
rem-sd3 rt
rt-mid
then it comes there
that he ctv
camp
Conj Aux
Dem
Conj
Asp
N
Then it will be there that he's camping.
_PTA notes here:, "N.B. He-also builds a raft after he dreams 'about it" (SJ adds in
English as they go through the tape and PTA gets the word for word translations
and SJ corrections.)
starn
[s7ilhens]* mel7 hoy
9.How7kwa s7ilhens;
how7kwa
s=trem s=ii=an-s mal? hoy
h=aw7k wre s=7ii=an-s h=ow7k wre
der=neg n=eat=pct-poss3 der=neg
n=irog n=eat=pct-poss3 rtrt
it's none
his food
it's none
kind of his food it's just fmished
Vneg
N
Vneg
N
N
Adv Vi
He has no food, no food of any kind; it's just fmished
4. "ii kWam" written on top of"ii mrei" (latter is said on the tape [now on CD])
*. Bracketed words here are not on the CD
kws
kW
-s
[tl'os
",' o-s
lhiyas] tl'os
i=iyre-s Ii. ,o-s
mas eliye; [aIiyenitas]*;
mre-s tliya tliya=nit-res
o~wnitas
o~ w=nit-Es
- rem-sd3 dem-nsd pv=dem-sd3 rt-nsd rt-sd3 rt
rt=iat-sb3
rt=iat-sb3
that
then
it's here that he comes to dream he dreams about it it goes to him
Conj Conj
Vdem
Conj
Aux
6
Vi
Vt
Vt,
so that it's here that he'll dream; he dreams about it; he goes after it
minatoxw.
nre[ =nre= ]t=ox
night=dimif=goes
early morning before dawn (lit. "night goes a little")
Adv
early morning before dawn.
W
o~w
sh6kw'em.
mre-s
o~w
s6k'w-am
dem-nsd
rt-sd3 rt
rt-mid
Then
he
goes out bathe
Co~
Aux
Aux
Vi
Then he goes out to bathe.
10.TI'os mas
~'o-s
11.0~w
6~ W
xwminatil.
xw=nre[=nre= ]t=il
Vi
toward=night=dimif=goes
goes toward morning
Vi
Adv
He goes toward morning.
o~w
te
chawchaw
tis
12.Tl'os mas
~ 'o-s mre-s
o~ w*
ta
caw=caw
tis
dem-nsd rt-sd3 rt
pv
disposder=rt
rt
then he'll
go out to the
shore/middle
near
Art
N
Prep
Conj Aux
Aux
Then he will go to the shore/middle next to the water.
13.TI'os mas
neq'em txwta
huchem ilh
kw
~'o-s mre-s
naq-am txw=tre hucam5 ii
kW
dem-nsd rt-sd3 rt-mid toward=the rt
rt
pv
then he'll
dive toward the water for
the
Conj Aux
Vi
Prep=Art N
Prep
Art
Then he'll dive toward the water for something (that)
te
ta
pv
the
Art
starn
s=trem
n=irog
something
N
h6chem.
hucam"· "
rt
water
N
ay
rey
rt
ctv
Asp
5. PTA "laq'remtxWtre hue am" is written over "naqam"; GA notes LG "niqim" 'dive'.
yal~tis
qe(y)
ilhas
s7aliya q(w?)ilhas
shxwna7am.
qey
ii-Es
s=7tliya q(w) -ii-Es
sx w=nre7rem
rt=dstb=pt-sb3 disj
aux-sjv3 n=rt
disj-aux-sjv3
n=rt
he's looking for either it's
spirit power or it's Indian doctor power
Vt
Conj
Aux
N
Conj
N
he is looking for, whether it is a spirit power or an Indian doctor power (song).
ytl=~=t-is
7
• _%'1 ~~
14.TI'o rna
kw
nench'o
swiwelos;
imashnitem
~'oo
mre
na=nc'o
s=wi=walos
imas=nit-am
kW
rt=iat-pass
rem personclassifier=one n=dim?=rt
rt
rt
it's that
it is walked for the
one person
young man
Vt
Art
Num
N
Dem Aux
That is what this o.ne young man walks for;
ilh
asista te
ay
selatsots
Es=istre t
rey
ii
sah:ccot~
Aux st=like pv
rt
(uncertain)
it's
is like the
ctv
what doing
Aux Vi
Art
Asp
Vi
it's like what these white people are doing
lhiya
i=iyre
pv=dem
these
Dem
xwenitem
ilh
ay
xWlitam+
rey
ii
rt
rt
rt
white person on/for ctv
N
Prep
Asp
for being called "doctor."
"tokte 7 ."
takta7
rt
"doctor"
N
tso:nem,
co=on-am
rt=pct-pass
be called
Vt
15.TI'o ta= welhtachsolh nasol7a
~'o tE= wa~=trec§1:oi6 nresoI7re o]*
rt
pv= eposs=3-past rt?
that
was his own - - way
Dem IndepPossPron
N
That was his own way for that
tematl'o
ta=mre=~'o
pv=aux=dem
he/that·
Dem Pron
swiwelos
ilh may
o~w imash kws
kwenoxws kw
s=wi=walos
ii
mre (re)y
o~w imres
kW_~ kwan=(n)oxW-s k W
n=dim?=rt
rt
rt-rt
rt
stem
rem-nsd rt=mt-sd3 rem
young man
go
walk that he receives it the
N
Conj Aux-Asp Aux Vi
Conj
Vt
Art
young man to go out about walking in order to/so that he receives
+Halq'emeylem accent for xwenitem. *bracketed parts not on CD.
6. "waitrec~" 'belongs to him' is written over this word
starn
naheli:ns
kwa7a
stetsos ~elh
sti7ixw.
s=trem nre=hElio=n~ kW-re7re-s
s=taco~ [~ai]** s=ti7ixw
n=irog der=alive=sa rem-poss2s
n=rt
rt
n=rt
something to heal
the (your)
poor
sick
people
N
Vi
Art
N/ Adj Adj
N
something to heal the poor sick people.
16.Emis
ami-s
kwenoxwas
kw
kWan=(n)oxw-ts k w7
8
stam[es]
s=trem[as]
rt-sjv3
fut
when it comes 8 will
Vi
Tns
When it comes, he will
s7aIiye
s=?fliya
n=dream(Vi)
spirit power
N
n=irog[=der]
rt=mt-sb3
rem
certain kind
the
he gets it
Art
N
Vt
get a certain kind of spirit power/vision,
ilhas
ha7lh stam
s7eliye;
icf--£s
hre?i
s=trem s=?fliya
rt-sjv3 rt
n=irog n=dreamlhave a vision
if it's
good
kind of spirit power
Aux
Adj
N/Pron N
if it is a good kind of spirit power/vision,
ilh
17.Tl'os mas
};.'o-s mre-.§.9 ii
rt-nsd aux-sb3 rt
then it comes to is
Aux
Conj Aux
then his work comes to
ha7lh kw
hre?i
kW
rem
rt
be good the
Vi
Art
be/will be good.
s7ahays
s= ?rehrey-s
n=Vi-poss3
his work
N
I8.Mis
ehaynites
te
?ahrey=nit-as
ta
mi-s
rt-sjv3
rt=iat-sb3
pv
the
when he comes he works on them
Aux
Vt
Art
When he comes he will do work on the sick.
ilh
i=i
in=past
(past)
Tns
s7eliye
starn
qel
19. Tl' 0 malhtem te
};.'o mrei-tam ta
qal
s=trem lO
s=?fliya
n=have vision
dsj-st
pv rt
n=irog
rt
spirit power
but if it be a some kind of bad
N
Conj Conj
Art Adj
Adj
But if he gets some kind of bad spirit power
~elh.
~ai
rt
sick
Vi
kwonoxwas
kWop.=(n)oxW-£s
rt=mt-sb3
[he got]
Vt
7. PTA has "(?)" here; 8. PTA has crossed out this word; 9. PTA has "kwii xwanoxwas kWsk'oxY"
above, here, but this too is in error, perhaps for k Wii kWanoxwas kWsk'wo~ 'the name that he got';
10. There is an arrow here that seems to indicate that the previous two words should be reversed.
mel7 hoy
kws
ay q'6yotas
te
noxwtetsos
sti7ixws.
mal? hoy
kW-s
rey q'oy=ot-res ta
naxwlI=tacos
s=ti?ixW-s
rt
rt
rem-sd3 rt
die=pt-sb3 pv
always=poor n=rt-poss3
just it ends
that he ctv he kills them the
poor
his people
Adv Vi
Conj
Asp
Vt
Art
Adj
N
then it just ends up that he is killing his poor people.
20.[TI'0 malh]
};.'o
mrei
rt
dsj
and so
asista tiye ta hoysolh; [asista tiye
£s=istre t=iya tre hoy-s-oi I2 £s=ista t=iya
ta
tre
Iheq'olh
iaq'=oi
st=rt pv=dem pv finish-sd3-past st=rt pv=dem pv s-t=past
it's like this what he finished it's like this the/what used to
9
Conj Aux?
Vi Dem Art Vi
Vi
Dem
Art Adv
And so it's like this, what he finished; it's like this what used to be
swa[l]ayolhchalh] te
ilh
o~w.
Ihaq'solh (te ilholh hoy)
treq'-s-ot (ta i=t-ot hoy)
s=wa[-la-]y-ot-cret ta i-t
o~w
rt-sd3-past (pv rt=past=already rt) n=rt-p-past-poss 1p pv in-past rt
old ones -our
who past
go
back of
Rei Tns
Vi
Vi/ Adv Art Tns Vi
N
in back of/behind (what they did), our old ones that went on/are gone.
*Text in square brackets is not on the tape/CD & was added as SJ & PTA transcribed.
21.[Mekw' wat] **haw7kwa7 il7
te swalayolhchalhl[yewanesolhchalh]
[mak,w=wret
h=aw 7kwre=7il7 ta s=wrelty-ot-cre·t 133/[yawren-as-ot-cret]
all/every=what der=neg=in
pv n=rt-past-poss 1pNi-sb3-past-poss I p
everyone
gone to none
the our old ones/our ones that were firstlbefore
PronV
Vi
Art
N
Our old peoples are all gone now
**Reinterpretation first suggested by GA; like most, one BG & CR agree with.
chsatem
[qey tl'o§ rna] ay
qrey ~'o-s mre 13b rey
csre=t-am
dsj dem-sd3 rt rt
rt=pt'"pass
that's why
ctv
are sent
Conj dem aux Asp
Vt
that is why the young men are being
te
ta
pv
the
Art
sent;
sWQwelos;
s=w[-Aa-]7walos
n=rt-p
young men
N
they- get up
weni:17;
wan=H7
rt=in
get up
Vi
12. PTA= "deffnot?," (definitely not?', this supports our correction to [h]
13a. PTA has "yawrenasofcref" above this word and a "{" before both; [bg: UHk has
[sxWawreley] 'parent(s)', so Nk cognate, [swrel&y6+] with -6f 'past, deceased' may be
better 'ancestors'
13b. PTA has "krey ~'os mre" above kWs o?,ws
22.Tl'os rna
o~w
shokw'em.
~'o-s
mre
o~w
sok'w-am
rt~~
rt
rt
~mhl
and they
come to
go
bathe
Conj
Aux
Aux
Vi
And they go bathe.
23.[Ilh mel7
nech'ixw**]
kwa
starn
ilh
kWre
i=t
nac'=exw
s=trem
ma17
it
rt=past rt
n=irog
one=time
indef
it's
it was just
certain
once
it was the
Tns Adv
NumAdv
Art
N
Tns
[It was just once] there was a certain one.
**GA's suggestion, as LG pronounces it on tapes/now also on CDs
10
24.Q
owa ?** ilhas
astsi:** kws
ehay7 nench'6
q-owre
i=i-£s £s-8i' kW:§
ahrey
na=nc'6
Conj neg rt-past-sjv3 st=fix rem-sd3 rt
person=one
but
wasn't if it was fixed
that he works one person
Conj Vneg
Tns
Vstative Conj
Vi
Num
but if wasn't fixed/made that he worked (i.e. kept busy), one person,
nech'axw mel7 6~wtit
nac'=rex w mal? 6~w=tit
one=time rt
go=der
once
just
go outside
NumAdv Adv
Vi
once, he just went outside his
slalams
kws
s=lrelrem-s kW-s
n=rt-poss3 rem-sd3
his house that he
N
Conj
house to go hide.
o~w
o~w
7as7lewil7.
1£s-71aw=il1
rt st=in hollow=go(in.)
go
be hidden
Aux
Vi
s7aliye.
tewelhtach
ta
slalam7s
25.Me17 hoy
s=1fliya
ta=wai=trec
tre
s=lrelrem-s
mal? hoy
n=drearnlvision
pv=eposs=3
pv
n=rt-poss3
rt
rt
spirit/spirit power
belongs to that (the)
house
that's why
belongs to that the his house/house of spirit power
just
finish
N'
Art
N
PossPronV
Adv Vi
It just ends up the spirit power belongs to the house. (or)
That's why he/it belongs to the house of spirit power/the house spirit.
snichichims
te .~.
26.Kwenoxwas asista tiye
lheq'olh ay
CD:kwan=(n)oxW-as £s=istre t=iya iaq'=oi I4 rey
s=ni[ =ci= ]cim-s ta
der=rt=der-sd3 pv
rt=mt-sb3
st=rt pv=dem s-t=past
rt
tell it
the
like
this
used to
ctv
he got it
Art
Vt
Adv
Dem
Adv
Asp Vi
He got it like this, our old peoples used to tell us.
14. There is an arrow here apparently indicating "Esistre dya" should follow "i-ak'oi-"
swalay6lhchalh.
CD:
swreley=ui-crei
PTA:
s=waleyoi erei
n=rt=past-poss I p
old peoples/ancestors past -our
N-Pron
tiye
kw
6sonem.
27.Lheq'solh
asista
iaq'-s-oi
kW
6s=on-am
£s=i'stre t=iya
st=rt
pv=dem rem
rt=pct-pass
s-t -sb3-past
what
they were taught
like
this
used to
Vt
Vi
Art
Adv
Dem
What they were taught used to be like this.
28.67sonas
ta
sta7awelhs
11
kw
sWQ7welos
s=tre1rex Wci-s
61s=on-res
ta
rt=pct-sb3
pv
n=rt-poss3
they taught them
the
their children
Vt
N
Art
They taught their children (that) young men
kW
s=w[ -Aa-]walos
nnlrem n=rt-pif
the
young men
Art
N
kwenoxw**
ta
ha7lhs.
kW
{m=(n)oxwI5 tre
hre1i-~
rt=rnt
pv
rt-poss3
get them
the
their good (ones)
Vt
Art
Adj
(were to) get their best (ones).
29.Kwenoxwas
kw
starn
kWan=(n)oxW-s
kW
s=trern
rt=rnt-sb3
rem
n=irog
they get/receive it
he
certain
A~
Vt
Art
They got some kind of spirit power.
30.Ha71h s7aliye
kw
hre1i
s=1fliya
kW
rt
n=Vi
rem
is good spirit power
a
AdjV N
Art,
It is a good spirit power of some
s7aliye.
s=1fliya_
n=Vi
spirit power
N
starnes.
s=trem=as
n=irog=der
what it is
N
kind.
15. PTA has "kwom7mi" above kaminoxwand "kwonoxw" below it
31. TI' 6 mas
yistis
yewin 7;
kwenoxwas
CD:A'o mre-s yi~s=tisI6 yaw=in1 17
(A'oIB)
kWan=(n)oxW-res
rt
Vi-sb3 anp=st=rt rt=der
rt
rt=rnt-sb3
power to help curelhann
then it comes near
they get it
Conj Aux
Vi
N
(Conj)
Vt
Then the power to help, cure or hann comes near; they get it
tulilh
te
h6chem kws
o~ws
tul=ii
ta
hucam kW-s
o~ W
-s
from=in
pv
rt
rern-nsd rt-sd3
from (in)
the
water when they go
Prep
Art
N
Conj
Aux
from in the water when they go diving.
ay
rey
rt
ctv
Asp
niqim**.
laq-am
rt=mid
diving
Vi
**GA finds this Nooksack equivalent of SJ's Halkomelem laqam in LG:35.06 'ducking'
32.Niqimi:nes**
laq=am=[ Ai]=in-as
starn
s=tre'm
12
ilh
ii
aslhelich'q.
cs=ial=ic' q
rt=mid=dur=pct-sb3
he dives for it
Vt
He dove for something
rem
n=irog
rt
III
the
what is it?
Art
N
Prep
in the water (lit. "that is wet").
33.Ilh lhiya
lheq'olh ay
snichichims
ii
i=iyre iaq'=oi rey
s=ni[=ci=]cim-s
rt
pv=dem s-t=past rt
der=rt=ifder-sb3
it is this
used to ctv
tell/talk the my
Adv
Asp
Vi
Aux Dem
This is what my late grandfather used to tell, that
nench'6
kws
[CD:kw-s] na=nc'6
rem-sd3 person=one
[that he] a certain
Num
Conj
that one/a certain young
st=rt=der
it is wet
Vi
ten
s7ila70lh
t-an
s=7ila=70i
pv-possls n=rt=past
late grandfather
Art
N
swiwelos
chsatem
s=wi=walos
csre=t-am
n=dim=rt
rt=pt-pass
youngman
be sent out
Vt
N
man was sent out to go walk.
6~was
o~w-ES
rt-sjv3
go
Aux
imash.
im=res
rt=der
walk
Vi
16. PTA has something above this word, but we can't make it out
17. PTA has "siwil7 *(x" (Halk) above this word and "siwin7" [Lummi] below it; Jimmy
says this is +) [LhechelesemiNooksack], conflicts with G.S. says Lummis call it siwin7
18. PTA has round brackets around this word and a "?" above it
19. This word is faint and may have been erased
tiya
34. [Imashnitas]20 te
~ach'o; tl'os
mas
ilh
O~\Y:
CD: im=res=nit-res ta
~ac 0
~'o-s
mre-s
step=upright=iat-sb3 pv rt
conj-nsd aux-sd3
he walks for it
the
lake
then
so he
Vt
Art
N
Conj
Aux
He walks for it at the lake; then he went, that
i=+
6~w
aux-past rt
past
go
Ins
Aux
nanch'67
swiwelos; [imash*; tl'os mas*] sh6kw'em
s=wi=walos asfsu [UHk]
s6kw=am
CD: nre=nc'6
person=one
n=dem?=rt [step=upright conj-nsd rt-sd3] rt=mid
one person
young man
walk
then he bathes
Num
N
Vi
Conj
Vi
certain young man; he walked; then he would bathe at
*not on CD, but in PTA notes
q'elem (txwta)/ilh
CD: q'alam txWtre 21
nom towards/at/in
camp in
ta
ta
pv
the/a
nech'0(7)
nac'o
rt
one
13
~ach'o(7).
~ac'o
rt
lake
t=iyre
nn=dem
that
Dem
txwa
txWre
towards/at
at
Prep
Art
N
Prep
camp in one/a certain lake.
Num
N
35.Tl'os mas
ilh
aliyenites
ray]
~'o-s mre-s
i=i
[7ey]
tliya=nit-res
conj-nsd rt-sd3 rt=past rt
rt=iat-sb3
Then so he
past
ctv
he dreams about
Conj Aux
Tns
Asp
Vt
Then he was dreaming about whatever
36.ilhas
lhelq; ilh
CD:i=i-£s ial=q ii
tsonem;
co=n-am
"0:
o'
rt=past-sjv3 rt=der rt=past
rt=pct-pass
rt
te
ta
pv
the
Art
haw7kwa
h=ow7k wre
der=neg
starn.
s=trem
n=irog
what(ever)
N
ne7ilh te7anats.
na-7ii ta=7tn£c
poss3-rt pv=Pron V
it was soaked past
he was told "Oh there's nothing my-in the=me
Pron-Prep ArtPron
Tns/Aux Vi Tns
Vt
Interj Vneg
was in the water; he was told, "Oh, what's in me is nothing.
37.0~w
te nech'o7 ~ach07 7ilh te
te naC'o(7) ~aco(7) 7ii te
rt-sb2s
pv one
rt
rt
pv
the one/a certain lake in the
GA: go to you
Pron
Art Num
N
Prep Art
Vi
You go to the one/certain lake in the/my way
chaxw
CD:o~w-crexw
ilhnoxw/ilh ne o~w
1+noxw/**ii ne o~w
rt? / rt poss 1s rt
way/**in my going
N
20. PTA has "imresnitres" above "tis)" here
21. PTA has "i; tee" above this word
i:7ilh
kwa=tsiya** 7n**
sqatheC)QYt;
askw'ays
s=qreiaqoyt
7£s=k'wre'y-s
CD: 7i·=7ii kW re=8=iyre an
dim?=rt rem=f=dem poss 1s n=stem (anal. uncertain) st=rt -sd3
my
older sibling
it's impossible
over
the f. this
Prep
Art=Dem f
Pron
N
Vi
over to my older sibling; it's impossible
**GA suggestions (which BG & CR agree with)
tematl'6
ta
ilhas
lhelq
ilh
hochem, oxwnitchaxw
1+_£s22 iel=q ii
tre
hucem o~ w=nit-crexW
pv=aux=dem rt-sjv3 rt=der rt
pv
rt
rt=iat-sb2s
water you go after her
the
he
whenlifshe is wet In
N
Pron
Aux
Vi
Prep
Art
Vt
for him when she is wet in the water; you go after her;
te=mre=~'o
[schaw7atsot**chaxw.]
[s= ]crew 7ret-cot-crex W
der=rt-refl-sb2s
you know how yourself/you take care of yourself
Pron
Vi
you take care of yourself..
14
**GA suggestion; BG: for meaning cf. GS [khWs 6awret+s fa stre:xwai] 'that he take care
of the children' & LG [scuw7rethch e:xW
] 'you know how to'; the word is not on the CD
here but was added later by PT A:SJ. The Nk fonn is tsaw7atsot - schaw7atsot tsow7atsot - schow7atsot.
38.TI'os rna
niqimi:m7**
qey
tsaw7atsotchaxw."
~'o-s mre
laq'=am-i·m7
qey
crew'ret-cot2 3-cexw
conj-sd3 rt
rt=mid=repeatedly rt
rt=refl-sb2s
then so
dive repeatedly and
you take care of yourself
Conj Aux
Vi
Conj
Vt
And then dive repeatedly and take care of yours elfllook out for yourself."
**GA suggestion, from pronunciation on tape of this word by LG; the CD ends here;
we've not found a continuation on tape or CD of this story yet.
39.Tsonem
tematl'o
swiwelos,
"tsow7atsotchaxw
co=n-am
ta=mre=~' 0 s=wi=walos tsow' ret=cot-cex W
rt=pct-pass pv=aux=dem n=dim?=rt
rt=refl-sb2s (or imperative2s)
be said
him/this
young man
look after yourself
Vt
Pron
N
Vt
It was said to this young man, "Look after yourself
22. PTA= "(refers to speech)"
23. PTA has "crew'recot cexW
" above the first transcription "scw'rehcot".
q
o~wnitaxw
K wenkwtsinten tsen
sqQ.
q
o~w=nit-axw
kWankW(=)cIn=tan c-an
s=qa
rt
rt=iat-sjv2s
rt=mouth=m name(device) mrem-possls n=rt
when you go after him Kwenkwtsinten (the) my brother
Conj Vt-subjunct.subj. N (proper name) Art-Pron N
when you go after Kwenkwtsmten, my (older) brother.
40.Lhiya kwem tens
70tsentsi
i=iyre· kWam
t-an-s 7oc=an-ci
pv=dem futpv-poss 1s-nsd rt=pct-ob2s
PT A:
there
I'll
show you
there it will be the my show you
Dem
Tns
Conj
Vt
There I will show you how to fix the four
tsiyitichixw
8iy=it=iCi-x w
rt=pt=?-sjv2s
make you
if you fix
Vt
of
qel
sqwemqwemays.
qtl
s=qWam-qWam=ay-s
rt
s=soft=fur-ifp
bad
his dogs
Adj
N
his bad dogs.
41.TI'0 kwem
q'oq'oytsi
qa7waxw
15
kwem
mos
mos
rt
4[four]
four
Num
te
tre
pv
the
Art
kWam q'o[ -q'o-]y-ci
A'o
q-re7wre-x w
die-ifder-ptob2s rt-neg-sjv2s
dem fut
that will be what'll kill you if you do not
Conj Tns
Vt
Conj-Vneg
These will be what will kill you if you don't
kWam 24
fut
will
Tns
("chaw7 attsotexw") [schaw7 attsotaxw] **
crew'ret-cot-ex w
rt=refl-sd2s/sjvsd2s
Vt
watch out (for yourself).
42.Qey nech'07 te
sts' okway* *
hikw
ey
s=8'okW
qey nac'o ta
hik w
rt
rt
pv
rt
n=rt
and one
the
big
fish
Adj
N
Conj Num
Art
And (also) there's a certain big fish which will
tl'o
A'o
dem
that
DemlRel
kwem
kWam
fut
will
Tns
24. PTA has "qre7wrexWkWam" above this word
tematl'o
meq'entsi
tsonem
maq'=an-ci
ta=mre=A'o
co=n-am
rt=pt-pass
rt=pt-ob2s
pv=aux=dem
eat you
was told
this him
Vt
Vt
Dem
eat you," this young man was told.
swiwelos.
s=wi=walos
n=dem?=rt
youngman
N
43.0~w
imashnit
lhiya
temixw.
imres=nit
i=iyre tamix w
rt
rt=iat
pv=dem rt
on earth
go
walk to it
here
Aux Vt
Dem
N
He went to walk to it here on land/earth.
o~w
44.0~w
o~ W
imash
im=res
kws
kW
-s
mesam7.
mesre=m7
rt step=upright rem-sjv3 rt=mid
go
walk
when he get up/wake up
Aux Vi
Conj
Vi
He went to walk after he woke up.
45.0~wnitas
o~w=nit-£s
rt=iat-sb3
he went to it
kwtiye
kWt=iya
rem=dem
this
~acho
~ac'o
rt
lake
16
ilh
[chsatems] **
o~w
o~w
ii
csre=t-am-s
rt
rt=pt-pass-sd3
rt
where he goes was sent
Vt
Dem
N
Prep
He went to it, this lake where he was sent
Aux
q'elem, itot,
kw'i:nas
skwayal7 kws ays
k,wi on=as 25
s=kWrey=eI7 kW_s rey-s q'al=am itot
irog=cyc1es/rd things n=rt=in rem-nsd rt-sd3 rt=mid rt
that he ctv
camp
sleep
day
so many
Vi
Vi
N
Conj Asp
Num
for so many days to go, camping, sleeping and bathing.
46.Shokw'em
sok,w=am
rt=mid
bathed he
Vi
And he bathed
Ihiya
qey
f=iyre
qey
pv=dem
rt
and
here
Dem
Conj
and here he made
Vt
shokw'em[.]**
sok,w=am
rt=mid
bathe
Vi
[tsiyatis] * * tiye
ilhas
8iy=ret-is
t=iya
if-es
rt=pt-sb3
nn=dem
rt-sd3
if he/it
he made it what
Vt
Reldirob
Aux-sb
"what I will show you;,
6tsentsi
oc=an-ci
rt=pct-ob2s
shows you
Vt-indirob
25. There is an "re" above the "a" in this word
chkwem; otsentschaxw
c-kwam 6c=an-8-ce~w
te7anats,"
tre=7EnEc
[syatsems]**
s-yrec=am-s
sbls-fut rt=pt-obl's-sb2s nip (pv=vip) n-rt-pass-poss3
I will
you show me
me
what he was told
Pron-Tns Vt
Pron
Vt
you will show me," he was told, and he made
qe
qa
tsiyetis
ciy=atis
rt=pf'-sb3
rt
and he makes it
Conj
Vt
mekw' [stam]**; ilh
[tsiyoxwas]
tiya
[syatsems] **
t=iya
s-yrec=am-s
mak'w [s=trem] i=f 8iy=noX w-ES
rt
n=irog rt=past rt=mt-sb3
nn=dem n-rt=pass-poss3
all
things
past he managed to make it that
what he was told
Nob Nob
Tns Vt
DemOb N «n-Vt)-Poss
all things; he managed to make whatever he was told.
swenils [shokw' em] **
te nech' 6 skwayal
na:natoxw
ta nac'o s=kWrey=EI nreo[=nre=]t=oxw s-wan-il-s* sok,w=am
rt
pv rt
n=rt=in
rt=ifdim=go
n-rt=in-sd3 rt=mid
Then. the one
day
in early morning he gets up bathes
N
Adv
Conj Art Num
Vi
Vi
He got up in the morning one day
*cf sentence 3 above, which shows the S is an error here [Halq'emeylem allophone of lsi]
4 7 .Ilh
if
ilh
o~w
i=f
o~w
rt=past rt
it was going
xwna:natil.
x w=nre o[=nre= ]t=il
toward=night=ifdim=in
just between dark and daylight
17
Tns Aux
N
he bathed until daybreak. [it was in the hours between dark and daylight]bg
48.Tl'os rna
ilh
o~w
o~wnitas
~ 'o-s mre
i=i
o~ W
6~ w=nit-Es
conj-sd3 rt
rt=past rt
rt=iat-sb3
then so
past
goes
to go for it
Conj Aux
Tns
Aux
Vt
Then he went out to go after it [PTA note: used raft to get to the middle of lake]
49.Kwmi:s
te
hikw
hik'w
kWn=re'-'s
ta
rt=?-3sb
pv
rt
he takes
big
a
Vt
Art
Adj
He takes (along) a big rock.
ch'atl'e;
C'f~'a
rt
rock
N
50.[T'onoxwas]**
kwem
miyq'es
[lhi:kw'shen].
t'on=(n)oxW-ES
kW
om26
miyq'=as ii'qasn [sic, ii'k,w=sn]
rt=mt-sb3
fut
rt=sjv3
rt=on his foot
will
(when) he sinks hook his foot
[he learns/knows it]
Vt
Tns
Vi
Vi
Then he will know/learn when he sinks to hook his foot (to the rock by a rope).
51.Tl'o kws
kwem [niqim]**
ilh
[o::::ts];
~'o
kW-s
kWam laq'=an
ii
0[=····=] C
Conj rem-sd3 fut
rt=mid
rt rt=if (emphatic: way way way way)
then the he will
dive
in
insi ...... de
Tns
Vi
Prep
N
Conj Art
And he will dive in, way way way way inside;
txwtl'apil7
(ta7a
txwtiye te-)
txwta
(t-re?re txW-tiya ta-)
txw=tre
toward=deep=in
(pv-poss2s to-nn=dem pv) toward=der
toward
become submerged
Prep
Vi
[speech editing?]bg
he becomes submerged toward this (place).
txw=~'tp=eyl?
lhiya.
i=iyre
pv=dem
thislhere
Dem
52.TI'0 kwems mel7
ay
ay]** ponoxwas
o~wtem [kw
kWam-s mal? rey (?) 6~w=tam qWey
~'o
pon=(n)oxW-ES
rt
fut
rt
rt
reI (rem) rt
rt=st
rt=mt-sb3
Then will he just
ctv
be going the
ctv
manage to see it
Conj Ins
Adv Asp
Art
Asp
Vt
Vt
Then he will just be going around so that he will be managing to see
kwem te
sqwemay7.
18
kWam ta
fut
pv
will the
Tns
Art
the dog
s=qWam=rey'
n=soft=fur
dog
N
53.Ilholh
ay
[yatsim7toms]**.
i=i-=oiay
YEc=im7=t-om-s
in-past-already rt
rt=repeatedly=pt-pass-sd3
it's
past
Ctv
what he was told
Aux Tns
Asp
Vt
That's what he was being told repeatedly.
26. This line and the next are unclear, as many illegible things are crossed out or inserted
and much of it has no gloss-further study of the manuscript is needed.
54.Tl'os mas
ilh
kwmi7as tiya ilhs
tsonem [tsiyatis]**
~ 'o-s mre-s
i=ik Wn=re7-res t=iya i=i--s co=n=am 8iy=ret-is*
conj-nsd rt-sd3 rt=past rt=der-sb3 nn=dem rt=past-sd3 rt=pass rt=pt-3sb3
then so he
past
he took out+ that he past was told he makes it
Conj Aux
Tns
Vt
Dem Tns
Vt
Vt
Then he took out what he was told to make,
* [PTA note: a little larger than Mrs. J.'s knitting needle]
+cp PF:GS 8/8/50 Box 2 card 1260 [kWEEnf·s] 'to take out (power or objects from flesh)'
and preceding card with [kwf\nf·] 'to grab (catch, as of power)'
mis
"ilhas
mi-s
ii--ES
rt-sd3
rt-sjv3
iflwhen it
it comes to
Aux
Aux
"when it will come bite you.
kwem
kWam
fut
future
Tns
~etl'entsi.
~a~'=an-ci
rt=pct-ob2s
bites you
Vt
55.TI'os ta7as
mas
tl'o
t-re7re-s 27
mre-s
conj-nsd
pv-poss2s-sd3
rt-sd3
Then
your
it comes to
DemPn
Aux
Conj
Then your-, it comes to your hand.
~'o-s
56.Aso~wshit
kws
kW-s
rem-sd3
so that it
Conj
ta
sqwemay7
s=qWam=rey
tre
pv
n= so ft= fur
st=rt=bt
dog
it's brought for the
N
Art
Vt
It's brought for the dog so that now it
res=o~ w=sit
19
ta
chalash
t-re
crelres
rt pv-poss2s[Hk] rt
that's your
hand
Conj
Art
N
~ '0
melh
mai
rt
now
Adv
ay
rey
rt
ctv
Asp
.'.
'it,";';,'
kwmitis
[ta]
kW
nre=t-is 28
[tre]
rt=pt-sb3
rt
it fetches/takes the
Vt
Art
will be taking the wood.
siy6lh.
s=y6+
n=(bum firewood)
wood
N
27. There is an "E" above the "re" in this word
28. PTA has "ta) above "tis" in this word.
57.,Ketl'enas[tem]
57.~a~'=an-res=(tam29
rt=pcs-sb3-st
it is bitten
Vt
Your hand will be bitten
tematl'6
te
ta
pv=aux=dem pv
the
he
Pron
Art
he'll swallow the wood.
ta=mre=~'o
kwem
kWam
fut
will
Tns
[ta7a
t-re7re
pv-poss2s
the your hand
s-chalash] ** ;
s-c'relres
n=rt
Art
N
siy6lh
sy6+
n=rt
wood
N
meq'enes
maq'=an-as
rt=pcs-sb3
he swallows it
Vt
58.Mekw'axw
mekw'as
mak'w- res
rt-sjv2s
rt-sjv3
when you get all when he gives them all and
Vt (Vi)
Vt (Vi)
When you get them all and when he gives them all
mak·w-re~w
yayyusnit
tematl ' 6
tamre~ ,6
yreyyus=nit
rt=iat
pv=aux=dem
work on them
them
Pron/Dem
Vt
(you/it will) work on them dogs.
pv=aux=dem
he/it
Pron
[qe
mekw'as]**
qa
mk'w- res
rt
rt-sjv3
when he gives them all
Conj
Vt (Vi)
sqwemqwemay7.
s=qWam-qWam=rey
n=p-soft=fur
dogs
N
59.Tl'os rna
o~w
yalQw; o~wchaxw
~'o-s mre
6~w
yelaw 6~w-cexw
conj-sd3 rt
rt
rt
rt-sb2s
goes
after
you go
then so
Aux-Pron
Conj Aux
Aux
Adv
Then they go after (them); go, you will see it
20
tematl'6.
ta=mre=~'o
chp6noxwchkwem
c-pun=(n)oxW-c-kwam
der? -rt=iat-sb2-fut
you will see it
Vt
tiye [I]hiye ts'6kway
rey
t=iya [i]=iya s=8'ok W
nn-dem pv=dem n=rt
that this
fish
Dem Dem
N
that, this fish in the doorway of
ilh
it
rt
in
Prep
te
tre
pv
the
Art
shalhs
srei-s
rt-poss3
road/path/doorway of
N
29. PTA has brackets around "s", and "res", above it
ilh
o~w
i=i
o~ W
pv=aux=dem rt=past rt
him
past
go
Pron
Tns
Aux
The one (you're) going out going
tematl' 6;
ta=mre=~' 0
60.[TI'0 kwem]**
t'6 [~'o] kWam
rt fut
then will
Conj Tns
Then it will get ready to
ay
rey
rt
ctv
Asp
after.
[astsi7ts6t]**
Es=8i=86t
st=rt=refl
get read y30
Stative Vt
swallow.
6~wnit.
6~w=nit
rt=iat
go after it
Vt
meq'en;
maq'=an
rt=pt
swallow it
Vt
ilhchaxw
kwem meq' enem.
ii-crexw31
kWam maq'=an-am
rt-sb2s
fut
rt=pct-pass
it is you
will
be swallowed
Vt
Aux-Pron
Tns
You then will be swallowed."
61. Tl' 0 kwem ay
~eqtxwas
te
~' o_k wm_ rey 32
~aq=tx W
_res 33
rt
fut
rt
rt=ct-sb3
pv
then will
ctv
straddling he
the
Conj Tns
Asp
Vt
Art
Then he will be straddling the stick.
62.Tl'os rna
[tsiyet]**
te
mre
8iy=at
conj-sd3
rt
rt=pt
it's that
so
made it
Aux
Conj
Vt
The stick is what (he/you) made ..
qwlhay
ta
q W i= ay 34
float=wood
stick
N
[qwlhay7]** .
ta
qWi=rey
pv
float=wood
the
stick
Art
N
~'o-s
21
30. PT A= "(?)"
31. PT A= "preferred itrexw"
32. PTA= has "sk'a~t" crossed out here
33. PTA note: "~aqtxW" = 'straddle'
34. PTA has an arrow pointing to this word and has "stick"
63.6wa
ilhexw (as70ts) meq'enem
6wre 35
ii--rexw (isi-oc?) maq'=an-am
neg
rt-sjv2s (st=rt?)
rt=pct-pass
not
you (it is shown?) be swallowed
Aux·
Vt
NegV
"You will not be swallowed,
ilh]**
mas
tsiyotchkwmas
[tl'osis
i=i8iy=ot-c-kwm-res
~' os-,~' o-s-is
rna-s
rt-sd3 rt=past
rt=pt-sb2s-fut-sb3 *
rt-, rt-nsd-sd3
he came to
you will make it
so that he
Aux
Tns
Co~
Vt
(but) you'll be made to be spit out."
*This fonn seems to prove that fut. is a suffix and can precede
kwa7atem.
k Wre7=ret-am
rt=pt-pass
be let go
Vt
sb3 suffix.
o,25.w
xwyal6w, 6tstxw
tiye
rna
ilh
o~w
(xW)=yElaw 6wc=t(x)W t=iya
mre iirt=past rt
toward=after rt=ct nn=dem
conj-nsd rt
past
go
through go into
that
then he so
Vt
Dem
Conj
Aux
Adv
Aux Tns
So then he went/got through, he went into that
64.Tl'os
~'o-s
ilh
iirt=past rt
past goes
Tns Vi
ternatl'6.
starnes
[t'wa]
"to(?)" [t'wre]36
s=trern=as
n=irog=der
rt
must be/evidently
whatever
Modal
N
whatever it evidently was.
ta=rnre=~'6
pv=aux=dern
it is
PronV
O!W ilholh
6wtstwi~ites
sxwmi7[arn]
s7aIiyes.
6S.ilhas
o~w i=i-=0i- 36 6wc=txw=i~=nit-es37 sx w=nre7[rern]** s=7fliya-s
i=i--Es
n=going
n=dream-poss3
rt=past-sb3 rt in=past=already rt=ct=dstb=iat-sb3
he past
go out past
he went in to find it Indian doctor his spirit power
TnsAux
Aux Tns
Vt
N
N
He went out, went into (the water) to find Indian doctor spirit power.
22
35. PTA has "went" here very lightly, possibly erased
36. This word is bracketed and crossed out; bg thinks it is t'wa 'evidently,must be'
(Upriver Halkomelem has the same word as a cognate)
66.Tl'o ilholh (o:tstxwnitas);
o:tstxw.
~'o
i=i=oi [o'c=tx w =nit-res]37 o'c=tx W
rt rt=past=already rt=ct=iat-sd3 rt=ct
then past
he got into what he went to see
Conj Tns
Vt
Vt
Then he got into what he went to see.t.
67. "Welhenats!" [tl'os
mas ]39 bg
wai=anEc 38
[~'o-s mre-s]
eposs-l s
[conj-nsd rt-sd3]
it belongs to me so he
Vi (PronV)
Conj
Aix
"It belongs to me!" he said then.
nichichimt.
nici[ =Ci= ]m=t
speak/say=i fder=pt
spoke/said it
Vt
68.Tl'0 kwems mas (- kws olh) tekw'elhnalh
~ '0
kWm-s
mre-s (kW-s-oi)
tak,w=ainrei
rt
fut-nsd rt-sd3 (rem-sd3-past)
rt (broke)=in the throat
then will
he comes to (came to)
faint
Conj Tns
Aux (Conj)
Vi
Then he will come to faint (came to faint).
69.Ami:tem
Emi·-tam
rt=st
skwayal
s=kW rey=El
n=rt=in
snanatoxw
kws
s=nre[=nre=]t=oxw kW-s
msam;
msre=m
n=night=dimif=goes rem-sd3 rt=mid
comes
the day
early morning
that he comes to
Vi
N
Adv
Conj
Vi
Comes the day early in the morning he awakens and wonders how he got back;
t' owotas *
ilhas
chachel
kws
rna
[lh ]chil ** kWQ 7a
kW-s
rnre
l' ow=ot-ES
ii-Es
cre[ =ca=]1
[i]c=il
kW a7re
rt=pt-sb3
rt=past-sd3 rt=ifder
rem-sb3 rt
rt=in
rt
he wonders
it was how
that he come to arrive
back
Vt
Aux
lrogPron
Vi
Adv
Conj
Aux
he wondered how he came to arrive back.
* Compare Galloway, Adams & Renteria 2004b:157 #21, 1'okwem 'understand'
23
37. These appear to be the same word, "6wtstwi!nites;" or more likely 6:tstxwnitas
38. PTA= "preferable"
39. PTA= "t'os mres" below previous word
70.TI'os mes
ilh
wani:I, tl'o
t'ichim
~'o-s
ma-s it
wEn=i-l ~'o
t'ic=im
conj-nsd rt-sd3 rt=past rt=in
rt
rt=mid
so then he
past
gets up then
wades ashore
Vi
Conj Aux
Tns
Vi
Conj
So then he gets up, wades ashore.
71.Tl'os mas
ta
o~w
o~w
~'o-s mre-s
tre
conj-nsd rt-sd3 rt
pv
then so he
goes
the
Conj Aux
Aux
Art
Then he goes to his camp
q'elmins
q'al=min-s
rt=n-poss3
his camp
N
72.Kw'ines
skwayals
kws
ilh
ay
tsitsot
k,win=as
s=kWrey=EI-s
kW-s
i=t (t+40) ?rey*
ci=cot
irog=cycles
n=rt=in-poss3
rem-sd3 rt=past
rt
rt=retl
so many
days it
that he
past
ctv
getting ready
AdjV
N
Conj
Tns
Asp
Vt
(I don't know) how many days that he (spent) getting ready
*May be a prefix; cognate with Upriver Halkomelem 7rey 'keep on going'.
tis
kwem
kw
kw
kWam
k W tis
kW
nn
rt
fut
nn
the
get near future such that
Vi
Tns
Art
Art
for a certain day to approach.
73.Tl'os
llt!ch'o
nac'o
rt
certain one
Num
skwayal. .
s=kWrey=El?
n=rt=in
day
N
mas t'okw'
q owa
ilhas
soial
kws
mre-s t'ok'w
q owre
it-res
solrel
kW-s
conj-nsd rt-sd3 rt
rt rt
rt-sb3 rt
rem-nsd
then he starts to go home but not
it's right away so that he
Aux
Adv
Conj
Conj
Aux Vi
Conj Vneg
Then so he starts for home, but not right away, to (so that he)
~'o-s
ehaynits
?ahrey=nit-s
rt=iat-sd3
to work on them
Vt
work on the sick.
kws
as~elh.
kW-s
res=~at
rem-sd3 st=rt
that
are sick
Conj
Vi
40. This is crossed out
24
74.Kw'ines
skwayal qay yalhs
t'a:nes tiye
s=kWrey=EI qay YEi-s
t're='n-es t=iya
k,win=as
irog (how many)=cyclic periods n=rt=in rt rt-nsd rt=pct-sb3 nn=dem
so many
days
and he starts to try that
Adj (V q)
N
Conj Mod
Vt
Dem
(I don't know) how many days and he starts to try that (his power)
7S.Ilh ml
kwenoxwes
s7aliye
q
s7aliyes
sxwna7am
kWan=(n)oxW-as s=7fliya q
s=7fliya-s sxwa=me7rem
i=i
mi
rt=past rt
n=VlSlon rt
n=vision-poss3 n=going
rt=mt-sb3
past come
he received spirit power but it's spirit power of Indian doctor
Vt
N
Conj N
N
Tns Aux
He received the spirit power after power. **
He received the spirit power but it's spirit power of an Indian doctor.[bg]
76.GA:Sxwna7am rna nexw7ay7yems
kwe nech'6
yisti7ixw
sxWa=nre 7rem
rna nax w=7rey7y=fm-s
kWa nac'6
yi=sti7ix w
(Hk accent) s=rt
rt alway=good=strength-poss3 rem rt
der=person
Indian doctor came his strong power/strength a one/certain (old) person
N
Aux N
Art Num
N
(Long ago) a certain person who got strong power was (powerful) Indian
doctor.
76.BG
Ma
nexw7ay7yerns
kwe nech'6
yisti7ixw
kWa naC'6
nax~=7rey7y=fm-s
rna
yi=sti7ixw
rt alway=good=strength-poss3 rem rt
der=person
a
certain/one (old) person
it came always strong power of
Art Num
Aux
N
N
Always strong power came to certain person.
77.Kwo
hitsolhlxwitsolh
kW=ow
hic=oi/xwic=oi41
rem=really long tirne=past
long ago
Adv
Adv
sela:tsots
ta
salre'=cot-s?
tre
(analysis unclear) pv
to be doing
the
Vt
Art
Long ago our ancestors
lheq'olh
iaq'=oi
sometimes=past
used to
Adv
ay
rey
rt
ctv
Asp
[swalayolh] **chalh.
s=wfley=oi-crei
n=rt=past-poss I p
our ancestors
N-Pron
used to be doing it (that way).
41. PTA has "hwicof" above "hwa8os"
78.Ilh malh
tis
kwern
Ii
mEi
tis
kWam
rt
rt
rt
fut
25
nech'o skwayal.
nac'o s=kwreY=EI
rt
s=rt=in
approach
will
be one
then there
Tns
Num
Aux Adv
Vi
Then there will be one/a certain day approach.
79.Tl'os mas
ilh
ponoxwas
~'o-s mre-s
i=+
pon={n)oxW-ES
rt-nsd rt-sd3 rt=past rt=mt-sb3
Then it comes past
he sees it
Conj Aux
Tns
Vt
Then so (if) he sees one person;/Then one
day
N
kw
nench'o.
kW
na=nc'o
rem
person=one
such that
one person
Art
NumN
person came to see it.
80.Skw'ayas
[kwe
si7ixwalh]**.
s=k,wrey-ES
kWa
s=7i=7ix w=E+42
n=rt-sb3
rem
n=dim=person=offspring
Art
N
AdjV
it's not right
young child
It's not right for a young child (to see);
81.yisti7ixw
(y isti7ixw)
yi=sti7ix w
(yisti7ixW)
old? /p?=person
is old person
Vi «N)
It's [only/just] old persons [that]
82.Tl'os mas
~'o-s mre-s
conj-nds rt-sd3
ts'i~wnites
c'i~w=nit=as
rt=iat-sb3
as~elh.
Es=~a+
st=rt
is sick
Vi
are sick.
ilh malh
i=+ mre+
rt=past rt
tiye
t=iya
nech'o skwayal;
nac'o s=kWrey=El
pv=dem rt
n=rt=in
Then he come to have pity past then
that a certain/one day
Conj Aux
Vt
Tns Aux
Dem
Num
N
Then he comes to have pity for them then one day;
lhiya mi
kwexwenem
tiye
i=iyre mi
kWoxw=an-am
t=iya
pv=dem rt
rt=pct-pass .
rem=dem
these come
be helped
that
Dem Pron
Dem Aux
Vt
these come to be helped from that (power);
42. PTA has "not necessary" above this bracketed phrase
o~wnites
i7
te
swa7alt.
83.ilholh
i=+=o+
o~w=nit-as
i7
ta
s=wre7relt
rt=past=already rt=iat-sb3
rt
pv
n=rt
past already
he goes to it
in
the
woods
Prep
Art
N
Aux
Vt
He already went out in the woods (to find it).
26
84.0::, lheq'olh
0··
iaq'=oi
mi kwenoxwas ilholh mi
kwenoxwes
kw
mi kWan=(n)oxW-ES i=i=oi mi kWan=(n)oxW-as kW
ohhhlwell s-t=past rt rt=mt-sb3 rt=past=already rt
past
well used to come he gets it
Vt
Tns
Interj Adv
Aux
Well, he used to come get what he got,
rt=mt-sb3
rem
come he got it
Vt
Aux
the
. Art
nench'6
na=nc'6
xwkwexwens
xW=kwaxw=ans
person=one
always=rt=sa (as structured activity < UHk; Nk has =alikw)
one person
that helps
Vi
NumN
one person that helps
[kw]**
[xw]stsos
xW=stacos
kW
always=poor
nnlrem
poor of
the
N
Art
the poor ones of this earth.
tiya
t=iyre tre7repv?=dem
this/here/that
Dem
te
ta
pv
the
Art
temixw
tamix w
rt
earth
N
8S.TI'os mas
s7yayasnitas,
lhawates
~' o-s
mre-s
s= 7yreyres=nit-Es
irew=ret-as 43
conj-nsd
rt-sd3 n=rt=iat-sb3
rt=pt-sb3
he doctors them up
Then
so he
worked on them
Vt
Vt
Conj
Aux
So then he worked on them, doctored them up.
86.T1'os
~'os
mis
mis
hali:
hEli·
kws
kW_s
kwenoxw
kWan=(n)oxW
sayem
srey=am
~~elh
s=~ai
conj-nsd rt-sd3 alive
rem-sd3
rt=mt
rt=mid
n=rt
then so they come to get well that they get have pain or hurt sickness
Conj
Aux Vi
Conj
Vt
Adj
N
Then they come to get well, those that get a painful/strong sickness.
43. PTA has "frewret9s" above "srewatis"
87.qey tl'o
malhs q
ilhas
tl'o
ta
qey
~ ,6
mrei-s q
ii-ES
~ ,0
tre
rt
then dsj
rt
rt=past-sjv3 rt
pv
but on the other hand if
if it was
that
that
Aux Conj
Aux
Conj
ReI
Conj Dem
But then on the other hand if what approaches is wrong
s7aliye,
kwenoxwas
mel7
s=7tliya
kWan=(n)oxW-ES mal7
n=visionldream rt=mt-sb3
rt
27
hoy[txws]
h6y=t[xr-s
rt=ct-sd3
tes
skw'ay
tas s=k'way
rt
n=rt
approaches is wrong
Vi
Vi «N)
ay
rey
rt
only
he gets it
he finishes them ctv
spirit power
N
Vt
Adv
Vt
Asp
spirit power, he only gets it to fmish them,
q' 6yotamines
q' 6y=ot=remin-as
die=pt=want to-sb3
he wants/tries to kill them
Vt
wanting/trying to kill the poor;
kwi
melh
kW=i
ma+
the=p
rt
the plural so?
Art
Adv?
tetsoslhs;
tacos=+-s
rt=past? -poss3/sd3
poor
N
88.q
owas
o~wshitems
kw
sta:m
ow-res o~w=sit-am-s
kW
s=tre'm
q
dsj
neg-sb3 rt=mt-pass-sd3 rem
n=irog
or
it's not brought for him the
s-thlwhat(ever)
Conj Vneg
Vt
Art
N
Or it's not brought for him, anything/whatever.
stl'is
89.Ha71h ilh
tu17ilh tiye.
s=~ 'i·s
t=iya
tul?i+
hre?+ i=+
rt
rt=past n=rt-poss3
rt
nn=dem
good past
he wants
that
from
Vi
Tns
N as Vi
Prep DemPron
It is good, what he wanted from that.
qay tl'o te ilh
kwenoxw ta ha 71h s7eliye.
90.ilhas ~elh
kWan=(n)oxW tre hre?+
qEy ~'o ta i=+
s=?tliya
i+-Es ~a+
rt-sjv3
rt
rt
rt pv in=past
rt=mt
pv rt
n=dream
if/when they are sick and it's that what past gets it
the good spirit/power
Vt
Art Adj
N
Aux Vi
Conj Dem Art Tn
If/When they were sick, what he got was the good (spirit) power.
91.Hali: :nes
hE Ii '='n-as
alive=pct-sb3
he cures them
Vt
He'll cure
kws
kW-s
rem-sd3
that
Art
the
stetsos
s=ta-cos
n=p-rt
many poor
Adj/N
poor
sti7ixw.
s=ti?ix W
n=rt
people
N
people
92.Tl'os mes
starnes.
ay
6~wshitem
~'o-s ma-s
rey
6~w=sit-am
s=trem=as
conj-nsd rt-sd3 rt
n=irog=der
rt=mt-pass
Then so he
things
ctv be brought to him
Conj Aux
Nindef
Asp
Vt
Then it comes to (pass_ that things are being brought to him.
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93.Ha7lhs
[yi]
stsiyetems
kwa
hre7+-s
yi
s=ciy=at-am-s kWre
rt-sb3
the pI. n=rt=pt-pass-sd3 rem rt
It's good
many are fixed/made
the
Adj
Art
Vt
Art
It was good that he made many people happy (lit."
mind/feelings ).
ilholh
i=+=o+
pv=aux=dem rt=past=already
He is the one past
Pron
Aux=Adv
He was that one who went out to
ha7lh sqwaliwens.
hre7+
s=qWrel=iwan-s
n=talk=in mind-poss3
good
his mind/feelings
Adj
N
(to have) good
94.Tematl'o
ta=mre=~'o
hoy
7i+-s
rt-nsd
rt=past-sd3
it past
that is it
Conj
Aux
That is it; my history is done.
95.Tl'os ilhs
~'o-s
ta7a
96.Ha7lh
t-re 7re
hre7+
pv-poss2s
rt
your
is good
Vi
Art-Pron
You work is good
rt
went out to
Aux
get it (the power).
imash.
im=res
step=upright
walk
Vi
ten
snichim.
hoy
tan
s=niCim
rt pv-poss 1s
n=rt
is done my
history/talk
Vi
Art-Pron N
s7ehay
s=7ahrey
n=rt
wor~
N
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